Head in the Clouds? Some Tips for Managing Dissociation

Dissociation. It’s something common to the human experience, but not commonly talked about. On your drive home, during a boring math lecture, maybe even while reading this post! Have you ever arrived home and realized you can’t remember driving the last ten minutes? Maybe you’re in math class staring directly at the board, and suddenly … Continue reading “Head in the Clouds? Some Tips for Managing Dissociation”

How Do I Navigate My Emotions to be Available to my Kids?

Parenting is stressful! The goal is not to eliminate stress all together since that is impossible, however children learn constantly by watching our behavior. We have the responsibility to prepare them for life and one of these important life skills is to learn how to deal with stress. Children experience stress and anxiety early in … Continue reading “How Do I Navigate My Emotions to be Available to my Kids?”

The Stages of Marriage/Relationship Counseling

Just minutes after the crash, the paramedics were using the jaws of life to carve Tom and Mary out of their mangled vehicle. The couple was rushed to the Central Hospital Emergency Room where a team of doctors and nurses frantically took over CPR, worked to stop the bleeding, stabilize vitals, and start IV fluids. … Continue reading “The Stages of Marriage/Relationship Counseling”

What Should I Do About Body Shaming?

“I’d rather be dead than red on the head” was a chant I heard regularly as a kid growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. “Carrot Top” became an unwelcome nickname. I hated my red hair. As far as I was concerned, it did not serve me well and I dreamed of the day that I could … Continue reading “What Should I Do About Body Shaming?”

How to Choose the Right Therapist

Many of us may have had the thought at one time or another: I might benefit from seeing a therapist one day. Maybe even more people are having this thought during the crisis of COVID-19. Getting past the first step of even finding a therapist or mental health counselor might be too overwhelming to actually … Continue reading “How to Choose the Right Therapist”

How to Talk to your Kids about COVID-19

It’s a long-standing joke that new parents wish babies came with instruction manuals. Being a first-time parent of a newborn can be mind-boggling, to say the least. In the last few weeks, parents have wished for an instruction manual again, even though the newborn stage was long ago. It can be overwhelming to think about … Continue reading “How to Talk to your Kids about COVID-19”

How Covid-19 affects your recovery

Social distancing, shelter in place, quarantine…chances are pretty good that words like these have never been encountered before, outside of apocalyptic movie scenarios. Now, with the new realities of coronavirus they have become normalized, suggested, or mandated. For those of us in recovery, this isolation brings with it some unique challenges that if left unaddressed, … Continue reading “How Covid-19 affects your recovery”

Educational Resources During Extended School Closures

Dear Parent, Congratulations, you’re hired…for a job you never applied for! You have been promoted to educator extraordinaire – a position for which you quite possibly feel woefully ill-equipped. While I will warn you up-front, the pay is substandard, I assure you, the benefits are unparalleled. Upon learning of the extended school closures put in … Continue reading “Educational Resources During Extended School Closures”

Coronavirus (COVID-19) & Handling Fear

Fear is, arguably, the strongest thing in the air right now. Sometimes it is hard to know the difference between fear and anxiety, because they feel very similar. Fear is an emotion that stems from a neurological and biological response to threat or danger. Anxiety occurs when that threat or danger is perceived, as opposed … Continue reading “Coronavirus (COVID-19) & Handling Fear”

Women and Anger

Gender culture has shifted quite a lot over the last millennia. Not so long ago, women were considered the property of either their fathers or their husbands. They were not allowed to work, not allowed to go to school, not allowed to vote, and still do not receive the same pay rate as their male … Continue reading “Women and Anger”